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How to Use IBM Performance Inspector on IBM AIX 7.2 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use IBM Performance Inspector on IBM AIX 7.2

Introduction IBM AIX 7.2 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.2 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to use ibm performance inspector on ibm aix 7.2 on […]

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How to Deploy a Spring Boot Application on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Deploy a Spring Boot Application on RHEL 8

Spring Boot is the most popular framework for building production-ready Java applications, and RHEL 8 provides an excellent foundation for running them as long-lived services. In this tutorial you will create a Spring Boot application using Maven, package it into a self-contained executable JAR, configure it to run as a systemd service with a dedicated […]

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FreeBSD 12 — matomo — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — matomo — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: matomo — XSS vulnerability Upstream summary: Matomo reports: Several XSS issues have been fixed thanks to the great work of security researchers who responsible disclosed issues to us. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — apparmor — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — apparmor — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4008-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11190 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1788929 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1794848 CVE-2017-6507 Upstream summary: USN-4008-1 fixed multiple security issues in the Linux kernel. This update provides the corresponding changes to AppArmor policy for correctly operating […]

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SLES 15 — libXtst6 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libXtst6 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1103-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2063 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in X.org libXtst 1.2.1 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via […]

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How to Install and Use Podman with Buildah on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Use Podman with Buildah on RHEL 9

Buildah is a daemonless, rootless command-line tool for building OCI-compliant container images — without requiring a running Docker daemon or root privileges. On RHEL 9, Buildah ships as a first-class tool alongside Podman, and the two integrate tightly: images built with Buildah appear immediately in Podman’s local image store. Buildah’s fine-grained API lets you build […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — grub2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — grub2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-4869)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-4869 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14865 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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How To Write Doctests in Python — step-by-step Python tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Write Doctests in Python

Python’s standard library comes equipped with a test framework module called `doctest`. The `doctest` module programmatically searches Python code for pieces of text within comments that look like interactive Python sessions. Then, the module executes those sessions to confirm that the code referenced by a doctest runs as expected.

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